The "New Normal" -- A Game-Changing Model for Financially Sustainable Schools Patrick F. Bassett, President, National Association of Independent Schools
Most independent schools invested significant energy and serious discipline in creating their 2009-10 budgets, opening school with tuitions and enrollments that reflected the uncertain economic times that continue. Unprecedented amounts and kinds of communication with key constituencies assisted schools in maintaining understanding and support. But what strategies can schools pursue now, given that the relatively “easy” budget adjustments have been implemented, especially with major financial challenges still looming? This session will explore the “new normal,” focusing on the weighty implications of two major trends — our history of unsustainable tuition increases and increased competition in the marketplace. Shifting assumptions, changes in Board focus, and an increased emphasis on becoming the broader school world’s “value leader” (rather than its “price leader”) will be addressed.
Reporting from the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) 2010 Heads & Trustees Conference (links will be added as posted)
- Overview & "What Is A Private School? What Is An Independent School"
- Keynote: Mark David Milliron at CAIS 2010: “Ten Emerging Insights on Learning and the Road Ahead” --Elaborations & Reflections; Live Tweeting a Presentation
- Equity Pedagogy and the Diversity Journey -- Lessons Learned by Lick Wilmerding
- Data-Informed Decision Making Lessons from Crane School
- Charter Schools and the Shifting Educational Landscape
- Closing Keynote from NAIS President Patrick Bassett The "New Normal" -- A Game-Changing Model for Financially Sustainable Schools
Bassett posted his notes:
Disruptive Realities: The Seven Seals
Disruptive Realities-- Part One
Disruptive Realities -- Part Two
He also alluded to Sacred Cows and Unsupportable Assumptions
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